Should the government invest in Intel?
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Isaac Saul
4.7 • 818 Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed reports that the Trump administration is working on a deal with Intel that would grant the U.S. government a 10% stake in the computer technology company. The possible agreement, first reported on August 14, may involveconverting roughly $10.86 billion in federal grants issued to Intel during the Biden administration into equity in the company, though the exact mechanism for doing so is unclear.
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| 0:00.0 | from executive producer isaac saul this is tangle good morning good afternoon and good evening and welcome to theangle podcast, the place you get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of my take. |
| 0:27.2 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and on today's episode, we're going to be talking about the potential deal with Intel between the federal government led by Donald Trump and some leaders at Intel. |
| 0:38.4 | We don't have as much information as I'd like, but this story's fascinating. |
| 0:43.5 | And I'm excited to cover it in part because I'm not sure I agree with a lot of the |
| 0:49.0 | commentary that I'm seeing about it. |
| 0:50.9 | So it's a good one. |
| 0:52.6 | We're going to dive in today. |
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